vicegerent
Example Sentences
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The vicegerent of the vicariate of Rome splashed the stone with holy water.
From Time Magazine Archive
They were the years when Coolidge said of war debts, "They hired the money," when Charles Dawes was Coolidge's vicegerent in Europe, wearing laurels won with the Dawes Plan.
From Time Magazine Archive
In tongue she was very sharp, and in secret was proud of the power she possessed in making the vicegerent of God afraid of her.
From A House-Party Don Gesualdo and A Rainy June by Ouida
The vicegerent had taken to himself all the attributes of the deity, the adopted son succeeded to the rights and powers of his divine father.
From The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)
Brother Peter de Montaigu, humble Master of the soldiers of Christ, to our vicegerent and beloved brother in Christ, Alan Marcel, Preceptor of England.
From The History of the Knights Templars, the Temple Church, and the Temple by Addison, Charles G.
